Asura's Wrath

So, Asura for the next Capcom Vs Whatever game?

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@Signed: I think Kratos being a complete asshole was kind of the point. Isn't it true that everything bad happened to him because he was such a raging douchebag?

Then again I've never played God Of War, so I don't really know.

Whoa there, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Sure this game looks awesome but we have no idea how good it will actually play, or how popular it will be.

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It may have been intentional, but Kratos' total lack of any redeeming factor kind of hurt my ability to care. Hopefully, Asura's Wrath won't have a Complete Monster Villain Protagonist.

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Yeah you're not supposed to like Kratos, he's an example of a tragic Greek hero, his tragic flaw is his unending rage which pretty much ruins his whole life and everyone else's.

Extra Credits did a really good recap of God Of War here which summed up my thoughts on it better than I could.

I think it's way too early to make character comparisons at this point. I just hope Asura's character focuses more on viceral, adrenaline-pumping action and doesn't dwell on too much on morality or revelling in the defeat of his opponents.

If I want to play a Beat 'em Up, I want to focus on beating massive enemy hoards up at intimidating odds and taking on enemies who are larger than life. God Of War achieves this, but focuses way too much on Kratos's immorality as well and is hindered by this. I never saw much of a point to the forced sacrifice of innocents and the quicktime events after fights. When I fight something, I want that thing to fight me with everything its got, ending with an epic clash where both forces go full force at each other. (see trailers) After the fight, I want to move on and face even bigger opposition. I want my action to escalate in the long term.

I don't want to cripple my enemy and mercilessly beat on a barely animate corpse to watch its pitiful attempts at life mocked in a gory and unnecessary fashion. Realistic fight progression be damned. I'm not impressed seeing Kratos kill someone with his own weapon, when he's already beaten the guy to a pulp with his own weapons. I don't like that trope when it's used like that. I'd be okay with Asura doing that since he doesn't have weapons and you can chalk it up to pragmatism, but when you have perfectly good weapons which you put away just so you can mock the enemy with his own power, that's not fighting. It's showing off.

...Let us in...

Oh I know that Kratos was a giant douche intentionally. But that still doesn't change the fact that he's still a douche.

He goes out of his way to make things harder for himself just so he could act like a dick. Is it necessary to tear every single harpy apart just to get from point A to B? Why not...use the same harpy to fly the whole way through? And what's the point of tearing a monster's paw off just to stab him/her with it when you have clearly superior weapons?

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Regarding this game...eh. I wonder will there be an overpowered monkey and a handsome womanizing pig?

edited 22nd Apr '11 4:24:37 PM by Signed

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^ From What I Recall, This story iis just going to utilize asian mythology in general, and Asura himself is based on the Real Asura. Heres a statue of one.◊

Though I'm sure there will be shout outs to other asian mythologies, So I'm not sure yet.

edited 22nd Apr '11 5:06:23 PM by Demongodofchaos2

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Yeah, I realize Greek heroes weren't really heroic in the modern sense. . . but Kratos kind of takes it well past 11. The myths didn't have the Greek heroes as being nice people necessarily, but they usually didn't live and breath Kick the Dog moments every waking moment they weren't doing worse. Most of them even had some legitimate virtues on their part.

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Bump, for Great JUSTICE! We're supposed to see more of this game (A Playable Demo) at E3. I can't Wait!

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O_O
Fighting the monkey king would be awesome.
Especially if, instead of killing him, you drop a mountain on him.

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Completely forgot about this topic.

So I was watching Xplay recently, and they had the interview regarding Asura's Wrath. Apparently, his rage fuels his powers, and when you get angrier you can access more of Asura's arms in combat.

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I don't know, I think the Monkey King would just throw the mountain back at you. ;)

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So, any news of any new trailers at E3 yet?

Nevermind. Found it

http://www.capcom-unity.com/electronicentertainmentexpo/blog/2011/06/07/e3_2011:_asuras_wrath

Awesome.

Also This:

One more link.

And this.

edited 7th Jun '11 12:31:34 PM by Demongodofchaos3

Yeah, a little...

hey, QTEs...

From now on, all melee combat games will be cutscenes of regular-size guys fighting gigantic monsters while the player pushes whatever button appears on the screen. :(

Beyond the way it actually plays, I'm surprised they had the stones to do a concept that seems so close to Go W. It's a little more whimsical/Japanese instead of Go W's SUPERBRUTALHARDCORE style, though.

edited 7th Jun '11 12:54:10 PM by ActuallyComma

Except [condescending response follows]. Because [sarcasm here]. You do understand [snark], right? POTHOLE TO SARCASM MODE

Meh, looks more Bayonetta like. Thats alright with me. Even the QTE's look like Bayonetta's kinda. But that makes it more awesome.

^ Not at all. The gameplay is more quick, and with the QTE's you need to be on your toes even more. Such a rush is what I like and It was great in bayonetta. It looks even greater here.

edited 7th Jun '11 1:01:46 PM by Demongodofchaos3

Well at least I know the soundtrack will be a bit more varied. Gameplay looks good from what I see. Also, AIRSHIPS!

...Let us in...

I had no idea this was going to be Sci Fi.

Maybe I missed something.

Not complaining of course.

Looks like Ensalved meets Bayonetta and Godhand. Seems interesting, but I don't like the main character much so far. He seems to have the Kratos IMMA A RAGIN BUFF GUY ARGGGGHH thing going on.

Also the gameplay didn't seem THAT impressive. It seems more flash than substance.

edited 7th Jun '11 1:43:01 PM by Vertigo_High

Its called Asura's Wrath!

^ What he said.

Pimping one the boss fights

edited 7th Jun '11 3:25:00 PM by Demongodofchaos3

With all the pimping you're doing to this game I'm thinking about calling it Asura's Bitch.

The scale of this game is really neat but the gameplay ehhhh not sold yet.

Meh, Its more like everyone's is Asura's bitch, then. Myself included.

Damn, its not going up for some reason.

edited 7th Jun '11 3:45:14 PM by Demongodofchaos3

Just saw the trailer. Whoever that villian is is a total fucking badass.

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!?!?"

"God." *slices Asura in half*

edited 7th Jun '11 4:37:52 PM by dmysta3000

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